The 2011–12 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team represented

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in the

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. Head coach Craig Robinson was in his fourth year with the team. The Beavers played their home games at

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and are a member of the

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. They finished with record of 21–15 overall, 7–11 in Pac-12 play. They lost in the semifinals of the Pac-12 Basketball tournament to

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. They were invited to the

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where they defeated Western Illinois in the first round and TCU in the quarterfinals before losing to Washington State in the semifinals.

2011 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule

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Highlights

*The Beavers upset Texas in the TicketCity Legends Classic. *The 100 points scored by the Beavers against Texas was the first 100-point game since 1997 and the 27th time in school history. It's also the first Beavers team coached by

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to score 100 points. * The December 4 game against

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was the first game with over 5,500 fans in a non-

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home game since the team played

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in 2006. * The January 7 quadruple-overtime 101–103 loss to

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was the longest basketball game in Oregon State history. *The team won 20 games for the first time since legend Gary Payton was a senior and posted just its second winning season since that same year back in 1989-90 *The team pulled off the biggest upset in Pac-12 Tournament history when they knocked off No. 1 seed-Washington and advanced to postseason play for the third time in four years. *The Beavers led the conference in scoring for the first time ever and had their most 100-point games, 90-point games and 80-point games in school history, while leading the Pac-12 in steals for the third consecutive year.

References

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